diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/api/job/PregelixJob.java b/pregelix/pregelix-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/api/job/PregelixJob.java
index 6549c52..15aa7c4 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/api/job/PregelixJob.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/api/job/PregelixJob.java
@@ -182,6 +182,15 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Set whether the vertex state length is fixed
+     * 
+     * @param jobId
+     */
+    final public void setFixedVertexValueSize(boolean fixedSize) {
+        getConfiguration().setBoolean(INCREASE_STATE_LENGTH, !fixedSize);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Set the frame size for a job
      * 
      * @param frameSize
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/api/util/BspUtils.java b/pregelix/pregelix-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/api/util/BspUtils.java
index 4ee1deb..6493127 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/api/util/BspUtils.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-api/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/api/util/BspUtils.java
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
      * @return the boolean setting of the parameter, by default it is false
      */
     public static boolean getDynamicVertexValueSize(Configuration conf) {
-        return conf.getBoolean(PregelixJob.INCREASE_STATE_LENGTH, false);
+        return conf.getBoolean(PregelixJob.INCREASE_STATE_LENGTH, true);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/PageRankVertex.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/PageRankVertex.java
index a866c1c..2508a1e 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/PageRankVertex.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/PageRankVertex.java
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@
         job.setVertexOutputFormatClass(SimplePageRankVertexOutputFormat.class);
         job.setMessageCombinerClass(PageRankVertex.SimpleSumCombiner.class);
         job.setNoramlizedKeyComputerClass(VLongNormalizedKeyComputer.class);
+        job.setFixedVertexValueSize(true);
         Client.run(args, job);
     }
 
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/FailureRecoveryInnerJoinTest.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/FailureRecoveryInnerJoinTest.java
index ff1e29f..421f2f5 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/FailureRecoveryInnerJoinTest.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/FailureRecoveryInnerJoinTest.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
             FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(OUTPUTPAH));
             job.getConfiguration().setLong(PregelixJob.NUM_VERTICE, 20);
             job.setCheckpointHook(ConservativeCheckpointHook.class);
+            job.setFixedVertexValueSize(true);
 
             testCluster.setUp();
             Driver driver = new Driver(PageRankVertex.class);
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/FailureRecoveryTest.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/FailureRecoveryTest.java
index 3fdaf15..b3ad112 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/FailureRecoveryTest.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/FailureRecoveryTest.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
             FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(OUTPUTPAH));
             job.getConfiguration().setLong(PregelixJob.NUM_VERTICE, 20);
             job.setCheckpointHook(ConservativeCheckpointHook.class);
+            job.setFixedVertexValueSize(true);
 
             testCluster.setUp();
             Driver driver = new Driver(PageRankVertex.class);
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/FailureRecoveryWithoutCheckpointTest.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/FailureRecoveryWithoutCheckpointTest.java
index e006ccd..9a2ef2c 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/FailureRecoveryWithoutCheckpointTest.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/FailureRecoveryWithoutCheckpointTest.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
             FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, INPUTPATH);
             FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(OUTPUTPAH));
             job.getConfiguration().setLong(PregelixJob.NUM_VERTICE, 20);
+            job.setFixedVertexValueSize(true);
 
             testCluster.setUp();
             Driver driver = new Driver(PageRankVertex.class);
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobgen/JobGenerator.java b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobgen/JobGenerator.java
index f6857fe..2dfd071 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobgen/JobGenerator.java
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/pregelix/example/jobgen/JobGenerator.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
         job.setVertexOutputFormatClass(SimplePageRankVertexOutputFormat.class);
         job.setMessageCombinerClass(PageRankVertex.SimpleSumCombiner.class);
         job.setNoramlizedKeyComputerClass(VLongNormalizedKeyComputer.class);
+        job.setFixedVertexValueSize(true);
         FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, HDFS_INPUTPATH);
         FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(HDFS_OUTPUTPAH));
         job.getConfiguration().setLong(PregelixJob.NUM_VERTICE, 20);
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@
         job.setMessageCombinerClass(PageRankVertex.SimpleSumCombiner.class);
         job.setNoramlizedKeyComputerClass(VLongNormalizedKeyComputer.class);
         job.setVertexPartitionerClass(DefaultVertexPartitioner.class);
+        job.setFixedVertexValueSize(true);
         FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, HDFS_INPUTPATH2);
         FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(HDFS_OUTPUTPAH2));
         job.getConfiguration().setLong(PregelixJob.NUM_VERTICE, 23);
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@
         job.setVertexInputFormatClass(TextPageRankInputFormat.class);
         job.setVertexOutputFormatClass(SimplePageRankVertexOutputFormat.class);
         job.setNoramlizedKeyComputerClass(VLongNormalizedKeyComputer.class);
+        job.setFixedVertexValueSize(true);
         FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, HDFS_INPUTPATH);
         FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(HDFS_OUTPUTPAH));
         job.getConfiguration().setLong(PregelixJob.NUM_VERTICE, 20);
@@ -190,6 +193,7 @@
         job.setMessageCombinerClass(PageRankVertex.SimpleSumCombiner.class);
         job.setVertexOutputFormatClass(SimplePageRankVertexOutputFormat.class);
         job.setNoramlizedKeyComputerClass(VLongNormalizedKeyComputer.class);
+        job.setFixedVertexValueSize(true);
         FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(job, HDFS_INPUTPATH);
         FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, new Path(HDFS_OUTPUTPAH));
         job.getConfiguration().setLong(PregelixJob.NUM_VERTICE, 20);
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRank.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRank.xml
index 65e0b30..d29b2da 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRank.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRank.xml
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
 <property><name>pregelix.vertexInputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex$SimulatedPageRankVertexInputFormat</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.job.queue.name</name><value>default</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.active</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.incStateLength</name><value>false</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.reduce.slowstart.completed.maps</name><value>0.05</value></property>
 <property><name>topology.script.number.args</name><value>100</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.skip.map.max.skip.records</name><value>0</value></property>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankReal.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankReal.xml
index b50b02a..69f8154 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankReal.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankReal.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 <property><name>pregelix.vertexInputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.inputformat.TextPageRankInputFormat</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.job.queue.name</name><value>default</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.active</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.incStateLength</name><value>false</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.reduce.slowstart.completed.maps</name><value>0.05</value></property>
 <property><name>topology.script.number.args</name><value>100</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.skip.map.max.skip.records</name><value>0</value></property>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankRealComplex.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankRealComplex.xml
index 217fbba..04fc686 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankRealComplex.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankRealComplex.xml
@@ -1,145 +1,146 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><configuration>
-<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.dns.nameserver</name><value>default</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.queue.default.acl-administer-jobs</name><value>*</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.skip.map.auto.incr.proc.count</name><value>true</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.instrumentation</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTrackerMetricsInst</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.skip.reduce.auto.incr.proc.count</name><value>true</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.hsftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HsftpFileSystem</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.input.dir</name><value>file:/webmapcomplex</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.submit.replication</name><value>10</value></property>
-<property><name>ipc.server.tcpnodelay</name><value>false</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.checkpoint.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/dfs/namesecondary</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.output.compression.type</name><value>RECORD</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.job.shuffle.merge.percent</name><value>0.66</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.child.java.opts</name><value>-Xmx200m</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.queue.default.acl-submit-job</name><value>*</value></property>
-<property><name>keep.failed.task.files</name><value>false</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.job.history.block.size</name><value>3145728</value></property>
-<property><name>io.bytes.per.checksum</name><value>512</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.task.tracker.report.address</name><value>127.0.0.1:0</value></property>
-<property><name>hadoop.util.hash.type</name><value>murmur</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.hdfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.ramfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.InMemoryFileSystem</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.restart.recover</name><value>false</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.hftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HftpFileSystem</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.checkpoint.period</name><value>3600</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.child.tmp</name><value>./tmp</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.local.dir.minspacekill</name><value>0</value></property>
-<property><name>map.sort.class</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.util.QuickSort</value></property>
-<property><name>hadoop.logfile.count</name><value>10</value></property>
-<property><name>ipc.client.connection.maxidletime</name><value>10000</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.output.dir</name><value>/resultcomplex</value></property>
-<property><name>io.map.index.skip</name><value>0</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.expiry.interval</name><value>600000</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.output.compress</name><value>false</value></property>
-<property><name>io.seqfile.lazydecompress</name><value>true</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.reduce.parallel.copies</name><value>5</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.checkpoint.size</name><value>67108864</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.job.reduce.input.buffer.percent</name><value>0.0</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.job.name</name><value>PageRank</value></property>
-<property><name>pregelix.nmkComputerClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.data.VLongNormalizedKeyComputer</value></property>
-<property><name>local.cache.size</name><value>10737418240</value></property>
 <property><name>fs.s3n.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3native.NativeS3FileSystem</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.userlog.limit.kb</name><value>0</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.file.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.LocalFileSystem</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.task.tracker.http.address</name><value>0.0.0.0:50060</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.task.timeout</name><value>600000</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.kfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.kfs.KosmosFileSystem</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.max.tracker.blacklists</name><value>4</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.s3.buffer.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/s3</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.dir</name><value>/jobtracker/jobsInfo</value></property>
-<property><name>ipc.client.kill.max</name><value>10</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.instrumentation</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTrackerMetricsInst</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.reduce.tasks.speculative.execution</name><value>true</value></property>
-<property><name>io.sort.record.percent</name><value>0.05</value></property>
-<property><name>hadoop.security.authorization</name><value>false</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.max.tracker.failures</name><value>4</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.taskScheduler</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobQueueTaskScheduler</value></property>
-<property><name>pregelix.numVertices</name><value>23</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.dns.interface</name><value>default</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.map.tasks</name><value>2</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.hours</name><value>0</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.s3.sleepTimeSeconds</name><value>10</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.default.name</name><value>file:///</value></property>
-<property><name>tasktracker.http.threads</name><value>40</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.taskmemorymanager.monitoring-interval</name><value>5000</value></property>
-<property><name>hadoop.rpc.socket.factory.class.default</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.net.StandardSocketFactory</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.reduce.tasks</name><value>1</value></property>
-<property><name>topology.node.switch.mapping.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.net.ScriptBasedMapping</value></property>
-<property><name>pregelix.vertexClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.skip.reduce.max.skip.groups</name><value>0</value></property>
-<property><name>io.file.buffer.size</name><value>4096</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.maxtasks.per.job</name><value>-1</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.indexcache.mb</name><value>10</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.map.tasks.maximum</name><value>2</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.har.impl.disable.cache</name><value>true</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.task.profile.maps</name><value>0-2</value></property>
-<property><name>hadoop.native.lib</name><value>true</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.s3.block.size</name><value>67108864</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.job.reuse.jvm.num.tasks</name><value>1</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.http.address</name><value>0.0.0.0:50030</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.reduce.tasks.maximum</name><value>2</value></property>
-<property><name>io.compression.codecs</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec,org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec,org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.BZip2Codec</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.job.shuffle.input.buffer.percent</name><value>0.70</value></property>
-<property><name>io.seqfile.compress.blocksize</name><value>1000000</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.queue.names</name><value>default</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.har.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.HarFileSystem</value></property>
-<property><name>pregelix.checkpointHook</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.util.ConservativeCheckpointHook</value></property>
-<property><name>io.mapfile.bloom.error.rate</name><value>0.005</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.job.tracker</name><value>local</value></property>
-<property><name>io.skip.checksum.errors</name><value>false</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.reduce.max.attempts</name><value>4</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.s3.maxRetries</name><value>4</value></property>
-<property><name>ipc.server.listen.queue.size</name><value>128</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.trash.interval</name><value>0</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.local.dir.minspacestart</name><value>0</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.s3.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3.S3FileSystem</value></property>
-<property><name>io.seqfile.sorter.recordlimit</name><value>1000000</value></property>
-<property><name>io.mapfile.bloom.size</name><value>1048576</value></property>
-<property><name>io.sort.mb</name><value>100</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.local.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/local</value></property>
-<property><name>io.sort.factor</name><value>10</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.task.profile</name><value>false</value></property>
-<property><name>job.end.retry.interval</name><value>30000</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.procfsbasedprocesstree.sleeptime-before-sigkill</name><value>5000</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.completeuserjobs.maximum</name><value>100</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.task.profile.reduces</name><value>0-2</value></property>
-<property><name>webinterface.private.actions</name><value>false</value></property>
-<property><name>hadoop.tmp.dir</name><value>/tmp/hadoop-${user.name}</value></property>
-<property><name>pregelix.combinerClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex$SimpleSumCombiner</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.output.compression.codec</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.skip.attempts.to.start.skipping</name><value>2</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.temp.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/temp</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.merge.recordsBeforeProgress</name><value>10000</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.map.output.compression.codec</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.compress.map.output</name><value>false</value></property>
-<property><name>io.sort.spill.percent</name><value>0.80</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.checkpoint.edits.dir</name><value>${fs.checkpoint.dir}</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.userlog.retain.hours</name><value>24</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.system.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/system</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.line.input.format.linespermap</name><value>1</value></property>
-<property><name>job.end.retry.attempts</name><value>0</value></property>
-<property><name>ipc.client.idlethreshold</name><value>4000</value></property>
-<property><name>pregelix.vertexOutputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex$SimplePageRankVertexOutputFormat</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.reduce.copy.backoff</name><value>300</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.map.tasks.speculative.execution</name><value>true</value></property>
-<property><name>pregelix.partitionerClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.util.DefaultVertexPartitioner</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.inmem.merge.threshold</name><value>1000</value></property>
-<property><name>hadoop.logfile.size</name><value>10000000</value></property>
-<property><name>pregelix.vertexInputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.inputformat.TextPageRankInputFormat</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.job.queue.name</name><value>default</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.active</name><value>false</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.reduce.slowstart.completed.maps</name><value>0.05</value></property>
-<property><name>topology.script.number.args</name><value>100</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.skip.map.max.skip.records</name><value>0</value></property>
-<property><name>fs.ftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.ftp.FTPFileSystem</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.task.cache.levels</name><value>2</value></property>
-<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.handler.count</name><value>10</value></property>
-<property><name>io.serializations</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer.WritableSerialization</value></property>
-<property><name>ipc.client.connect.max.retries</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.tmp.dir</name><value>/tmp/hadoop-${user.name}</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.native.lib</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>map.sort.class</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.util.QuickSort</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.idlethreshold</name><value>4000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.system.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/system</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.hours</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>io.skip.checksum.errors</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.default.name</name><value>file:///</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.child.tmp</name><value>./tmp</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.har.impl.disable.cache</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.reduce.max.skip.groups</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.instrumentation</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTrackerMetricsInst</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.dns.nameserver</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.factor</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.checkpointHook</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.util.ConservativeCheckpointHook</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.timeout</name><value>600000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.max.tracker.failures</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.rpc.socket.factory.class.default</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.net.StandardSocketFactory</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.hdfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.queue.default.acl-administer-jobs</name><value>*</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.queue.default.acl-submit-job</name><value>*</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.map.auto.incr.proc.count</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>io.mapfile.bloom.size</name><value>1048576</value></property>
+<property><name>tasktracker.http.threads</name><value>40</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.shuffle.merge.percent</name><value>0.66</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.ftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.ftp.FTPFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.combinerClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex$SimpleSumCombiner</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.compress</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>io.bytes.per.checksum</name><value>512</value></property>
+<property><name>topology.node.switch.mapping.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.net.ScriptBasedMapping</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.slowstart.completed.maps</name><value>0.05</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.max.attempts</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.ramfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.InMemoryFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.map.max.skip.records</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.dir</name><value>/jobtracker/jobsInfo</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.buffer.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/s3</value></property>
+<property><name>job.end.retry.attempts</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.file.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.LocalFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.local.dir.minspacestart</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.compression.type</name><value>RECORD</value></property>
+<property><name>topology.script.number.args</name><value>100</value></property>
+<property><name>io.mapfile.bloom.error.rate</name><value>0.005</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.max.tracker.blacklists</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.partitionerClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.util.DefaultVertexPartitioner</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.profile.maps</name><value>0-2</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.userlog.retain.hours</name><value>24</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.numVertices</name><value>23</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.active</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.security.authorization</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>local.cache.size</name><value>10737418240</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.min.split.size</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.tasks</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.child.java.opts</name><value>-Xmx200m</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.queue.name</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.server.listen.queue.size</name><value>128</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.inmem.merge.threshold</name><value>1000</value></property>
+<property><name>job.end.retry.interval</name><value>30000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.attempts.to.start.skipping</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/dfs/namesecondary</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.tasks</name><value>1</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.merge.recordsBeforeProgress</name><value>10000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.userlog.limit.kb</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>webinterface.private.actions</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.spill.percent</name><value>0.80</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.shuffle.input.buffer.percent</name><value>0.70</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.tasks.speculative.execution</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.name</name><value>PageRank</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.util.hash.type</name><value>murmur</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.map.max.attempts</name><value>4</value></property>
-<property><name>jobclient.output.filter</name><value>FAILED</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.incStateLength</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.handler.count</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.expiry.interval</name><value>600000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.maxtasks.per.job</name><value>-1</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.job.history.block.size</name><value>3145728</value></property>
+<property><name>keep.failed.task.files</name><value>false</value></property>
 <property><name>ipc.client.tcpnodelay</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.profile.reduces</name><value>0-2</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.compression.codec</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec</value></property>
+<property><name>io.map.index.skip</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.server.tcpnodelay</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.logfile.size</name><value>10000000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.tasks.speculative.execution</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.period</name><value>3600</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.reuse.jvm.num.tasks</name><value>1</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.completeuserjobs.maximum</name><value>100</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.maxRetries</name><value>4</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.local.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/local</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.hftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HftpFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.trash.interval</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.sleepTimeSeconds</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.submit.replication</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.har.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.HarFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.map.output.compression.codec</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.dns.interface</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker</name><value>local</value></property>
+<property><name>io.seqfile.sorter.recordlimit</name><value>1000000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.line.input.format.linespermap</name><value>1</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.taskScheduler</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobQueueTaskScheduler</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.instrumentation</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTrackerMetricsInst</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.procfsbasedprocesstree.sleeptime-before-sigkill</name><value>5000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.local.dir.minspacekill</name><value>0</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.record.percent</name><value>0.05</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.kfs.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.kfs.KosmosFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.temp.dir</name><value>${hadoop.tmp.dir}/mapred/temp</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.reduce.tasks.maximum</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.edits.dir</name><value>${fs.checkpoint.dir}</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.reduce.input.buffer.percent</name><value>0.0</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.indexcache.mb</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.nmkComputerClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.data.VLongNormalizedKeyComputer</value></property>
+<property><name>hadoop.logfile.count</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.skip.reduce.auto.incr.proc.count</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>io.seqfile.compress.blocksize</name><value>1000000</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.block.size</name><value>67108864</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.taskmemorymanager.monitoring-interval</name><value>5000</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.acls.enabled</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.queue.names</name><value>default</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.hsftp.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HsftpFileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.tracker.http.address</name><value>0.0.0.0:50060</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.parallel.copies</name><value>5</value></property>
+<property><name>io.seqfile.lazydecompress</name><value>true</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.output.dir</name><value>/resultcomplex</value></property>
+<property><name>io.sort.mb</name><value>100</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.connection.maxidletime</name><value>10000</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.compress.map.output</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.tracker.report.address</name><value>127.0.0.1:0</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.kill.max</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>ipc.client.connect.max.retries</name><value>10</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.s3.impl</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3.S3FileSystem</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.job.tracker.http.address</name><value>0.0.0.0:50030</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.input.dir</name><value>file:/webmapcomplex</value></property>
+<property><name>io.file.buffer.size</name><value>4096</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.jobtracker.restart.recover</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>io.serializations</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer.WritableSerialization</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexInputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.inputformat.TextPageRankInputFormat</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.reduce.copy.backoff</name><value>300</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.vertexOutputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.PageRankVertex$SimplePageRankVertexOutputFormat</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.task.profile</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>jobclient.output.filter</name><value>FAILED</value></property>
+<property><name>mapred.tasktracker.map.tasks.maximum</name><value>2</value></property>
+<property><name>io.compression.codecs</name><value>org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec,org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec,org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.BZip2Codec</value></property>
+<property><name>fs.checkpoint.size</name><value>67108864</value></property>
 </configuration>
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diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankRealNoCombiner.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankRealNoCombiner.xml
index 636b055..8969fd7 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankRealNoCombiner.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/src/test/resources/jobs/PageRankRealNoCombiner.xml
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
 <property><name>pregelix.vertexInputFormatClass</name><value>edu.uci.ics.pregelix.example.inputformat.TextPageRankInputFormat</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.job.queue.name</name><value>default</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.job.tracker.persist.jobstatus.active</name><value>false</value></property>
+<property><name>pregelix.incStateLength</name><value>false</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.reduce.slowstart.completed.maps</name><value>0.05</value></property>
 <property><name>topology.script.number.args</name><value>100</value></property>
 <property><name>mapred.skip.map.max.skip.records</name><value>0</value></property>